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Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport:
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (Roissy) is located 23 km north of Paris and eases your journey in France and beyond with its own transport hub which provides fast and frequent train services.
Selected Train Connections to Major Cities:
SNCF French Rail operates direct TGV to/from Charles de Gaulle airport and major French cities like Strasbourg, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Bordeaux, Poitiers and the Futuroscope, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon,
Marseille, Montpellier, Valence and more in less than 4 hours.
Here are some examples of direct trains from Charles de Gaulle airport to travel across France in less than 4 hours:
Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV – Marseille: 3h46
Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV – Futuroscope : 2h20
Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV – Lyon : 2h00
Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV – Avignon : 3h24
Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV – Lille Europe: 0h50
It also provides regular lines to European capital cities such as Brussels, without connection, and London with a short connection in Lille.
Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV – Brussels: 1h12
Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV – London: 2h56
Charles de Gaulle TGV station is underneath Terminal 2 (between terminals 2C/2E and 2D/2F).
If you arrive at Terminal 1 or 3, you cannot access by walk and need to take CDGVAL shuttle:
To/from Terminal 1: access via CDGVAL.
To/from Terminal 2: access via walkways or shuttle bus N1.
To/from Terminal 3: access by walk + CDGVAL.
How to get to the city centre:
With or without a Rail Pass, enjoy Paris for a few moments! Charles de Gaulle airport provides you many ways for reaching the French capital.
RER B: free with all previously validated Rail Passes covering France, this local train reaches Gare du Nord in only 30 minutes to catch the Eurostar train (without stops), 40 minutes to the centre of Paris and 8 mn to the Parc des Expositions, the famous exhibition centre. From the airport, you have to take the CDGVAL for reaching the train station
Air France Coaches provide services every 20 minutes to Paris-Porte Maillot, Arc de Triomphe (Place de l’Etoile) ; Paris-Gare de Lyon, Gare Montparnasse and Orly airport
Roissy Bus reaches Paris-Opera Garnier every 15 minutes
Val d’Europe Airports (VEA) shuttle for reaching Disneyland® Resort Paris in 45 to 60 minutes
Taxis and car rental are obviously available in CDG airport for reaching Paris or any other town nearby the airport.
Our tip:
Before boarding the train, you are invited to exchange your Rail Pass voucher for a train ticket to the dedicated counter at the station. It will ease your future connections on the railways network.
Rail Passes makes you benefit from bonuses during your stay in each country you choose to travel in. Among those, all Rail Passes covering/including France are valid on the RER B train from Paris Charles-de-Gaulle to Paris Nord railway station (in this direction only).
Here you are! Your train travel through Europe can now begin!
